Title :
Optically pumped liquid oxygen jet waveguides for production of singlet delta oxygen
Author :
Reibel, Randy R. ; Brasseur, Jason K. ; Neumann, David K.
Author_Institution :
Spectrum Lab., Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT, USA
Abstract :
Thin, flat, stable liquid oxygen jets have been created for use as optical indexed planar waveguides. These waveguides are pumped at 1067 nm with 100 W Yb fiber lasers producing number densities /spl sim/6.5/spl times/10/sup 20/#/cm/sup 3/ for /spl sim/75 MW/cm/sup 2/ pump intensities.
Keywords :
chemical lasers; jets; optical planar waveguides; optical pumping; oxygen; O/sub 2/; Yb fiber lasers; number densities; optical indexed planar waveguides; optically pumped liquid oxygen jet waveguides; singlet delta oxygen;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
